Category Archives: Seamen

Skipper Lunt. The claim of Skipper Lunt, a seaman on the ships Confederacy & Trumbull in the amount of $23.12 including interest to the date of the Confederacy’s capture on 14 April 1781, was adjusted by the Treasury Department on … Continue reading →

Jonas Page. According to New London’s Indian Mariners by Jason R. Mancini adapted from his article in Perspectives on Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America, Mystic Seaport (2006); “A number of the workers (on the Confederacy) were associated … Continue reading →

Pirum Ripley. Pirum Ripley or Pyrum Ripley was born on 22 November 1762 in Duxbury, MA to William Ripley (1735-1766) and Lydia Hunt and lived in Norwich at the beginning of the Revolution. According to Pirum Ripley’s pension application #S-23388, … Continue reading →

Christopher Scott. According to his pension application #S-23890, Christopher Scott was born in Philadelphia on 3 April 1756. He resided there until his enlistment on 1 or 2 August 1776 as a Private in the 4th Battalion of Philadelphia Militia … Continue reading →

Jesse Sip. According to his pension application #S-36316, Jesse Sip of Middletown, CT was “a black man” born between 1768 and 1770 who entered on the frigate Confederacy at New London during the Winter of 1779. He is recorded on … Continue reading →